Praise the Lord.
By the Grace of God, we ended our annual youth conference yesterday.
A record 117 youths from ECCK churches and some other churches attended the event in Naivasha. Our theme for this year was drawn from the book of 1Peter2:9 THE CHOSEN GENERATION
We had several speakers whose messages revolved around that theme and our youths have been taught and we expect great transformation. Our prayer is that they'll maintain the fire and go out there and live for Christ and indeed portray kingdom lives that will glorify God and also to become useful gems in their respective churches. We also had fun doing some team building activities and also visited lake Naivasha. Most of them have left and some are already home.
This morning the last batch is leaving.
We would like to thank all the churches that stood with us financially during the event and all those that sent their youths to Naivasha and those who also prayed with us.
We also thank Pastor Paul Macharia for supporting us financially and for supporting some youths to come to the conference.
Pastor Melvin of Rolling Hills Covenant church also mobilized for us a record 108 Bibles which we gave to all our youths who didnt have Bibles and to the New converts in Naivasha.
Our appreciation goes to the Naivasha church for hosting us and making sure we were well taken care of during the event.
To all the Pastors who turned up to speak and be with us-Pastor John Warari, Pastor Somon Kiruri, Pastor Simon(associate pastor Naivasha), pastor Steve Ongaga, Pastor Wilson Kabuu, Pastor Ephraim and Mrs Pastor Warari, may you all feel appreciated
As the youth leader am really encouraged and can proudly say it was a successful event.
I will post the final list of churches that gave financially towards this event later in the day.
May the Lord bless you all and keep you.
Receive Calvary greetings dear friends,
I trust the Lord has kept you well. I thank God for His faithfulness and provision so far.
December started as a busy a great month for us and God has so far been good.
From 3rd to 8th December, we had a very successful ECCK National Youth Conference which was held at our Naivasha Emmanuel Community Covenant Church. the event brought together a total of 127 youths drawn form several of our churches across the country. We also had other youths who came to the event. It was a really refreshing and learning moment for all of us as we listened to several speakers who delivered messages revolving around out theme of THE CHOSEN GENERATION- which was drawn from 1Peter 2:9. Our youth had a great time in the presence of the Lord and it was such a great joy for me and other ECCK youth leaders seeing the kind of growth we have experienced since I took over the youth leadership three years ago. Indeed we have seen the hand of God and his guidance even though the journey hasn't been easy. All we can do is to bless the Lord for His Grace and faithfulness.
This year, our churches really supported us financially and by sending their youths to the event which was a big encouragement and testament that something is happening in our churches. churches also participated in raising transport money for their youths and the response was just a big blessing.
We also got a donation of 108 Bibles from Christian Resource International, through Melvin Ardon. it was a glorious moment as we presented the Bibles to our youths and to around 15New Converts who gave their lives to Christ during our two-day open air crusade. Melvin, may our good Lord really come through for you and your family, and the ministry at large.
Pastor Paul Macharia, I really appreciate your support and mentorship to me personally during the time I have been the youth leader. Your financial contribution this year went a long way into helping us archive our dream conference this year. may the the Lord richly bless you.
Next year, the focus is on mentoring other youth leaders to take over from henceforth and by God's grace, and through help from other ECCK leaders, we want to build a formidable team that will take on the dream and lead our youths to their God-ordained destinies while holding to the word of God as the light. Serving God in this ministry has been one of my highlights in my service to God.
Thanks to everyone that has encouraged and partnered with us in this journey. The Lord bless you all.
Attached herein is a pictorial of the events in Naivasha - you can use this link to access them
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mBnBHLxwusAp3BXNA
Shallom
Pastor Patrick Karanja
